Combined automatic lighting and advertising device



Aug. 29, 1,939. G. P.JDIAZ COMBINED AUTOMATIC LIGHTING ND ADVERTISING DEVICE v Filed Dec. 22, 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 3 55.2 v HE- COMBINED AUTOMATIC LIGHTING AND-ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed Dec. 22, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Aug. 29, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINED AUTOMATIG LIGHTING AND ADVERTISING DEVICE Guillermo Pardo Diaz, Hahaha, Cuba Application December 22, 1937, Serial No. 181,212 In Cuba July 29, 1987 4 Claims. (Ci. 40-28) This invention relates to automatic lighters H oscillatorily supported by a horizontal rod l2 of the type used on the counters of stores, cigaon hanger supports !3 fixed by screws !4 berette stands, bars, cafes, etc., and it has for its neath the top of `the casing i, said frame ll object the provision of a lighting and advertising carrying at its middle portion a lever !5 longi- 5 device so combined inaportable casing' that when tudinally extending toward the fore portion of 5;

the lighter mechanism is operated, an illumnated the casing l to project outside through an aperadvertisement attracting the user s attention is ture IB formed in the fore wall of the casing l and also automatically operated, two purposes being which limits` at its upper and lower edges the thus attained in a single device. movement of the lever !5 which is provided at The invention is described with reference to its outer end with an Operating button Il, said 10.

the figures of the `accompanying drawings, of lever being attached by means of a coil spring which: !8 to the top of the casing I so that whenever Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a casing provided the lever l5 is caused to descend to the lower with the lighter and the illuminated advertising limit position determined by the lower edge of 1 5 device forming the subject-matter of this inventhe aperture !6, the same will automatically retion. turn to its upper limit position by virtue of the Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the casing. tension of said spring [8 upon releasing the but- Fig. 3 is a partia] longitudinal section of the ton IT. Said lever l5 carries at its inner end a casing on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,showing the mechcontact !9 adapted to engage an electric contact anism for Operating the rotatable drum display- 20 fixed to the upper portion of the rear wall 20 ing the advertisements. of the casing I. One of the bolsters of the frame Fig. 4 is a partial cross-section of the casing on H carries fixed by screws 2! a small leaf spring line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the oscillatory france 22 which at its free end is adapted to engage a Operating at a. time both the electric lighter and contact 22' fixed on the top of the casing i. the rotatable drum displaying the advertise- Above the top of the casing i, and in front 25 ments. of the body 2 there is mounted the electric Fig. 5 is a detailed' view showing the top of lighter which comprises a liquid fuel tank 23 the oscillatory frame carrying the Operating lever. fixed by screws` 24' through a horizontal flange Fig. 6 is a similar section to Fig. 4, in an in- 25 with which it is provided, on the top of the verted position. casng l, a burner 26 enclosing a wick 28', a 30 Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of the electric cirfeed cover 21, a hinged cover 28 for the burner, cuit fed by batteries and coil for Operating the a rear tower 29 through which is slidably mounted lighter and the bulbs illuminating the advera rod pivotally connected to a bolt 3! fixed on tisements. the lever l5, and the electric ignition rod 32 sup- 35 This apparatus is composed of a casing i, preported by an insulating plug 33 and angularly 35 ferably made of Wood, of rectangular cross-Secbent at its upper and lower portions, the upper tion, from the top of which obliquely extends end of the ignition rod 32 terminating in the upwards a longitudinal wooden body 2 in the neighborhood of the wick 26' which is made of shape of a hammer-head in cross-section in the cotton with its upper portion of asbestos to interior of which there is mounted, on a horizonavoid excessive wearing away due to its com- 40 tal axle 3 rotatably supported on the end walis bustibility and a plurality oi metallic filaments of said body 2, a drum 4 carrying thereon a 34 interposed into the asbestos to bestproduce plurality of transparent screens showing adverfiashover. The lower end of the rod 34 which tisements visible from the outside through an is supported on a support 35 fixed beneath the aperture formed in the fore wall of the body 2. top of the casing l, is connected to an electric 45 The drum 4 is operated mechanically by means wire 36. The cover 25 of the burner is hinged of tworatchet wheels 6 secured to the ends oi' at its rear edge on a horizontal hinged axis 3? the drum 4 and With one of whose' teeth are and is retained in closed position by means of adapted to engage ratchet rods 'I 'which are a curved leaf spring 38 fixed by screws 33 be- 'guided on guides 8 fixed to the end walls of the hind the tower 29, which spring 38 slackens 50 body 2 under the action of springs 8' also fixed when the rod 30 is actuated upwards by the lever at their lower end to said `walls. said rods 'I !5 raising the cover 28 and causes it to descend are pivotally connected at their lower ends, by as soon as the lever !5 descends. means of horizontal pins 9 and cotter-pins lil, The rotatable drum 4 is provided With two to the forked ends of the side bolsters of a frame electric bulbs 40 fixed at its ends and which are 55 connected in series by means of an electric wire al, and each bulb is electrically connected by means of a wire 42 inserted in each end wall of the drum 4 and-through each ratchet wheel 6 with a circular metallic plate 43 fixed on the respective wheel 6 and which carries a plurality of spaced apart spring contacts M' which rest on a circular contact plate 45 interiorly fixed on each end wall of the body 2, each plate 35 having a straight extension 45'. The extension 45' of one of the plates 45 is electrically connected bya wire 36 with the fixed contact 22', and the extension 45' of the other plate t is electrically connected by a Wire 41 with an electric current supply as will be hereinafter explained.

Electric current is supplied to the bulbs 48 of the advertising device as well as to the ignition rod 32 of the burner by means of two batteries 48 and 59 lodged in the casing l and connected in series with the primary winding of a coil 50 the secondary windng of which (Fig. 6) forms an electric circuit with the electric conductor 36, and with another electric` conductor 5! connected to a fixed point 52 of the lever !5 and a bolt 53 secured to the metallic portion of the lighter, and a conductor 53' connected to the point 52 ends in the contact !9 carried at the rear end of the lever !5, the fixed contact 20 being connected through an electric conductor 5& to a pole of the battery 48 the other pole of which is connected by an electric conductor 55 with the fixed end of the leaf spring 22 secured to the frame H The electric conductor i? connected to one of the contact plates 45 is connected at its other end to one of the poles of the battery 49 the other pole of which is connected to the primary winding of coil 50.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: Upon pressing downward the button ll on the lever !5, the latter descends at its fore portion and ascends at its rear portion, whereupon 'the rod 30 pivotally connected to the lever !E ascends and raises the burner cover 28 at the same time that the contact !9 of lever i5 engages the fixed contact 20, and thus the lighting of the burner is ope'rated and flashover is occasioned between the rod 32 and the metallic fllaments 3& of the wick 26. During this movement of the lever !5, the ratchet rods l ascend and by engaging respective teeth at different heights on the ratchet wheels 8, cause the drum 4 to rotate at the same time that the free end of the leaf spring 22 engages the fixed contact 22"connected through the electric conductor 46 to one of the contact plates 45 of the body 2, and the bulbs 4% are lighted rendering the advertisements on the rotating drum i visible through the aperture 5. Upon releasing the button H of the lever 55, the latter returns to its normal position by the tension of spring na as indicated in full lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings and the rod 30 descends' again and releases the cover 28 of the burner, at which time is interrupted the contact between the contact !9 of the lever !5 and the fixed contact 29, there being no further sparking and lighting of the wick 26', and

' the contact between the free end of the leaf 22 and the fixed contact22' is also interrupted and thereupon the light in bulbs do is extinguished. i

It is obvious that the shape of the apparatus as well as the construction details of the mechanism may be Varied, without departing from the spirit of the invention and the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. An automatic lighting and advertising device comprising in combination a casing, a support on the casing, an axle journaled in the support, an advertising drum on the axle, an electric igniter on the casing and which projects upwards less than the advertising drum, a manually depressible lever extending through the casing and pivotally mounted therein, ratchet means connected to the lever to turn said drum step-by-step, means connected to the lever independently of said ratchet means to control the igniter, and means to restore said lever to nonoperative position.

2. An automatic lighting and advertising device comprising in combination a casing, a support on the casing, a horizontal axle journaled in the support, an advertising drum on the axle, an electric igniter on the casing in front of the advertising drum` and projecting upwards less than said drum, a manually depressible lever extending through the casing and pivotally mounted therein, ratchet wheels secured to the sides of the drum, ratchet rods pivotally connected to the lever to engage the ratchet wheels and to turn them step-by-step, an independent rod pivotally connected to the lever to control the igniter, and spring means to restore said lever to non-operative position when released.

3. An automatic lighting and advertising device comprising in combination a casing, a support on the casing, a horizontal axle journaled in the support, an advertising drum on the axle an electric igniter stationary on the casing in front of the middle plane of the drum and projecting upwards less than the advertising drum and provided with a hinged cap, a manually depressible lever extending through the casing and pivotally mounted therein, ratchet wheels secured to the sides of the drum, ratchet rods pivotally connected to the lever to engage the ratchet wheels and to turn them step-by-step, an independent rod pivotally connectedto the lever to raise the cap of the igniter, and spring means to restore said lever to non-operative position when the latter is released.

4. An automatic lighting and advertising device comprising in combination a casing, a support on the casing, a horizontal axle journaled in the support, an advertising drum on the axle, an electric igniter stationary on the casing in front of the middle plane of the drum and projecting upwards less than the advertising drum and provided with a hinged spring pressed cap, a manually depressible lever extending through the casing and pivotally mounted therein, ratchet wheels secured to the sides of the drum, ratchet rods pivotally connected to the lever to engage the ratchet wheels and to turn them step-bystep, an independent rod pivotally connected to the lever' to raise the hinged cap of the igniter, spring means to restore said lever to non-operative position When the latter is released, electric light means on the drum, electric current generating means in the casing, electric circuits formed on said generating means and on the electric igniter and the electric light means, and switching means on the lever to close said circuits when the lever is depressed and to open said circuits when the lever is released.

GU'ILLERMO PARDO- DIAZ.

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